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The 21st was Justin’s 21st birthday, so to celebrate I bought us tickets to a Ted Leo & the Pharmacists concert showing in Hoboken, NJ last night. It was a concert unlike any of the others I had been to before mostly because their music and age appeals to a different crowd from other bands, say, Epik High and Sum 41. Instead of seeing mosh pits or knowing you could remain upright even if you lifted your feet off the ground because your body was being held up by the other bodies around you we saw young-old adults (maybe late 20′s to early 40′s?) swaying and bopping their heads to Ted Leo’s quick strums. There was nothing desperate, nothing raging or wild about it. It was nice. It was mellow.
Justin enjoyed it as far as I could tell. His face really lit up when the band started playing “Me and Mia.” He always used to play that song when he drove us around in his little Mazda Miata… Ah memories.
The one drawback of this concert was that Ted Leo was sick; his poor voice was so hoarse he could barely cough out the lyrics.
We left early before the crowd. I was satisfied. I think he was too.
For any and all of you who will be in Korea for the latter half of July, get ready for the Jisan Valley Rock Festival 2009! The three-day rock fest will be held on July 24th (Friday), 25th, and 26th at Jisan Forest Resort. I’m completely jealous that I won’t be able to attend, but here are some of the AWESOME musicians who will be performing sometime on any of the three days:
Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Oasis, Priscilla Ahn, Weezer, and Deli Spice (check out the poster for more obviously).
I got this heads up from my friend Byungyoun when I asked him if there would be any cool festivals going on in Korea during the months of July or August (I’ll talk about why I actually asked him about this in another post). Anyway, if any of you are interesting in going, you can buy a 1-day ticket for 88,000 won, a 2-day ticket for 132,000 won, a 3-day ticket for 165,000 won, and if you’re adventurous enough and feel like camping out you can pay an extra 10,000 won to pitch a tent or whatever (this is only available for 2-day or 3-day ticket holders). Click here to purchase tickets!
